Foster Carers

746 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14 May 2019). How many new foster carers have been recruited since 1 April 2018 from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection): I have been advised:

As at 1 April 2019, there have been six registered primary and secondary foster carers who have been recruited into the SA child protection system who have identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander since 1 April 2018.

A household with which a child or young person can be placed is distinct from the number of registered primary and secondary foster carers, as both the registered primary and secondary foster carer can care for a child or young person within one household.